Improvement in bell-ringing apparatus



J. W. COFFEY.

BELL-RINGING APPARATUS. No.1 79,524, 'Patented July 4,1876.

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NJ'ETERS, PNOTO-LITMOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D, O

JAMES W. GOF FEY, QF ELLETTSVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BELL-RINGING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,524, dated July 4,1876; application filed May 22 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jnuns W. OoF-FEY, of Ellettsville, Monroe county,Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Bellltinging Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification:

My invention consists of a double bell-hammer, suspended on an axis overthe hell, with a hammer on each of the two sides, so that when one ispulled down to strike the bell the other rises, meparatory to strikingits blow;

and each is balanced by the other, so that but very little power isrequired for operating it.

I igure l is a side elevation of a bell provided with my improvedbell-ringing apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation taken in a planeat right angles to that of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the bell; B, the hammers; O, the axis on which they are mounted; D,a lever extending upward from the axis a suitable height for affordingleverage to work the hammers by the ropes E; F, rods projecting from theupper end of the lever for attaching the ropes to it, and for theapplication of adjustable cou n terbalance weights G, by which to adjustthe as new and desire to secure by Letters latent- 1. The doublebell-hammer B, pivoted over the bell, and arranged to strike italternately on opposite sides, substantially as specified.

2. The lever D, rods F, ropes E, and guidepulleys M, combined with thedouble bellhainnler B, substantially as specified.

JAMES WILBERN OOFFEY.

Witnesses: GEORGE WASHINGTON HOUSTON,

J QHN ALFRED WALKER.

